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I have an 8 year old daughter with Lyme that has been on medication since December. My husband and I want to move our family to Colorado.
I heard from a friend that when they moved to a high altitude like Colorado it made Lyme worse. They actually had to move back to MD to get well.
Has anyone else had this type of experience. We would love to move but obviously will not if we think it will make our daughter worse.
One of our reasons for moving there is that there are no ticks there so our other children won't end up with Lyme. It is very hard to watch my daughter be so sick from a bite she got while outside riding her bike. I don't want to have to go through it with any of the other children.
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KIM Posts: 13 | From MD | Registered: Jan 2008
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I think Barometric pressure affects this disease- would that have anything to do with altitude?
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I don't know about lyme and high altitude, per se.
However, lyme often affects the inner ear, so that might be one consideration.
With various vestibular (inner, middle ear) conditions, I was advised not to live above 500 ft. and to try to avoid a place that is often very windy.
That was ten years ago. I assume the pressure would still affect the inner ear, though there may be new ways to may it work. And, if treatment is working, it may be fine.
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I've never heard about a Lyme/ high altitude problem before either....
I live at about 6,300 ft. altitude.
quote:One of our reasons for moving there is that there are no ticks there so our other children won't end up with Lyme.
Kim, I don't know where you got this information but it is just plain WRONG.
There are a number of us here on the board from Colorado. When I talked to my veterinarian about Lyme 2 years ago, he confessed that he has tested dogs that come up positive for Lyme and those animals have never been out of our area.
Please don't be misled into thinking that there are any 'safe havens' that are free of ticks or Lyme. No matter where you choose to live, there is going to be some risk.
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Last September, my son's symptoms seemed fairly stable and after checking with LLMD we took a family trip to Montana to visit my sister.
Dan's two major symptoms, seizures an psychosis, came roaring back.
Once we got back home, the symptoms resolved back to the level they were at before the trip.
I later read somewhere that higher elevations can make Lyme sypmtoms worse. I wish I could remember where I read it.
Maybe if you live in the higher elevations to begin with, it doesn't apply.
We went from sea level (Long Island) to about 5,000 feet (my sister's house - seizure), then when we went to Glacier Nat'l Park, which is about 7,000 feet the psychosis came on.
When I asked the PA at the LLMD's office about it she hadn't heard of it, but said that she thought it could have an effect.
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In mold warriors by Ritchie shoemaker he says that high altitude will help 75% of people with biotoxin problems which he claims are involved usaully with chronic lyme. www.chronicneurotoxins.com
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Wait a minute. Are some here referring to altitude sickness or altitude adjustment?
When you travel to a high altitude from a low one, it takes time to adjust. Mostly, you feel very tired and may get a headache, at first.
Years ago I moved from Omaha, NE to Colorado Springs, CO.(From about 2,000 feet to about 7,000 feet.) I was told in Colorado Springs by a number of people that it would take 2 months for my body to adjust. That was way before Lyme disease.
Yes, I was tired. Pokey. I was told to drink a lot of water. OK. Indeed, it took a couple of months to adjust.
If I'd made that move while battling chronic Lyme or a lot of other illnesses, it would have affected my illness, I can imagine. I would have felt my signs and symptoms more.
Maybe that's why Colorado has so many ski chalet buildings: people fly in from lower altitudes--and then spend a lot of time in the chalets because they are very tired. Altitude sickness / altitude adjustment!
Altitude sickness and altitude adjustment are real.
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I live in Colorado and have for many years. When I travel my lyme is about the same..not much difference. I think everyone is a little different and it all depends on the person.
My 11 year old daughter and I both have lyme. She's experienced a lot of reoccurence of symptoms recently I think due to the fact co infections/Flagyl never given.
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Hi Snowboarder,
Does she have a good LLMD who is also an ILADS physician?
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I was raised in Colorado. I pulled a tick out of my sister's head back in the 60's. Another sister got RMSF sometime in the 80's, while living there. Yes, there's ticks in Colorado.
However, I do feel much better when I go anywhere higher and dryer than where I live now (near sea level and somewhat humid). I always have more energy when I go to Colorado. This is one reason my doctor wants me to take csm--he thinks I may have trouble with mold removal.
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